Fly-brush



N; Mom v a i v V I J BRADD OGK, W. B. PACK 8!. W. JE-FFS.

Fly Brush.

-N0. 236,928; Patented Jan; 2551881.

N.FETERS. FNOTO-LIYHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D. O.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH BRADDOOK, WILLIAM B. PACK, AND WILLIAM JEFFS, OF OHILLIOOTHE,OHIO.

FLY-BRUSH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 236,928, dated January25, 1881.

Application filed July 29, 1880. (No model.)

and exact description of the invention, such 'as 'will enable othersskilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of thisspecification.

Our invention relates to an improvement in fly-brushes; and it consistsin providing each one of the rods to which the brushes are attached witha counterweight at its upper end, whereby the brush is made to operatemore easily.

It further consists in making a slot through the supporting arm in whichthe brush is held, and providing the rod with needle-points for pivots,which pivots have their hearing in set-screwswhich are passed throughthe side of the arm.

It furtherconsists inthe arrangement and combination of parts, whichwill be more fully described hereinafter, whereby a very cheap, simple,and effective fiy-brush is produced.

The object of our invention is to produce a fly-brush which can beraised and lowered and attached to a table or placed beside a bed, andin which the brushes are operated by a clock-work or other suitablemotive power, so that its action will be automatic.

Figure 1 is aside elevation of our invention, partly in section. Fig. 2is a vertical section through the supporting-arm. Fig. 3

is a plan view of the supporting-arm. Fig. 4

shows an extension placed on the arm for the purpose of operatingtwobrushes at once. Fig. 5 is an endview of the operating mechanism.

A represents a suitable hollow stand, which is provided with suitablesupporting-legs B. Passing down through the top of this hollow stand Ais the supporting standard or rodO, which can be vertically adjusted forthe purpose of raising or lowering the brushes, and held in any desiredposition by means of the set-screw N. This standard A can be attached tothe edge of a table by means of a set-screw, or can be placed beside abed or any other object from which it is desired to drive away theflies.

Secured to the top of the supporting-standard O is a'suitable arm, M,which has a case, E, containing the operating mechanism, secured uponits top. This operating mechanism consists of three or more wheels,which are operated by means of a spring, and the last one of the seriesof wheels meshes with an endless screw which has a crank, H, secured toits outer end, and which projects through the side of the case. To thiscrank is secured a connecting-rod, L, which unites the crank to the rod0, which is pivoted in the arm M, and has the brushRsecured toits lowerend. This rod R passes through the slot S that is made in the arm M, andis provided with needle-points which form the pivots upon which the rodrocks. Passed through the sides of the arm are suitable adjustingscrewsX, which have their ends recessed so as to receive the ends of the pivotof the rod,

and by means of which screws all wear can be taken up at any time.Attached to the upper end of this rod 0 is a suitable adjustablecounter-weight, Y, which causes the rod 0 to operate much more easily.

When it is desired to operate more than one brush at a time-as, forinstance, when the table is of considerable lengthan additional arm, V,which has a slide secured to its inner end to fit over the outer end ofthe arm M, is used. This arm V having been adjusted into position, andcarrying a second rod, 0, is then united to the first rod by means of awire, rod, or'other suitable connecting device, and then when the firstrod is put in motion, by means of the spring mechanism, the secondrodand brush will be operated at the same time. The number of rods used, ofcourse, can be increased to any desired extent.

By making a hollow stand, as here shown, to support the entire operatingmechanism, the brushes can be adjusted up and down at will, and thebrush can be moved around so as to be used in any part of the house, andis a great improvement over all those brushes which have to be suspendedfrom the ceiling, and hence can only be used in one place.

Having thus described our invention, we

5 claim- 1. The combination of the hollow standard A, provided with legsB, with the adjustable standard 0, and operating mechanism E, asupporting-arm M, and the brush-rod 0, the

10 parts being arranged to operate substantially as described.

2. The arm M, secured to the top of the adjustable standard 0, andhaving the slot S made through it, in combination with the rod 15 0,provided with needle-point pivots, and the adjusting set-screws forsupporting the rod, substantially as shown and described.

JOSEPH BBADDOOK. WILLIAM B. PACK. \VILLIAM JEFFS.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM WISE, E. R. WYNN.

